Program

2022 Village Fête After Party

Friday, November 11, 9:30pm

Join us this November 11 for the Village Fête After Party—our biggest party of the year celebrating our tenth anniversary of being Pioneer Works! All ticket proceeds provide critical revenue to sustain our organization.

Buy GA tickets for the After Party and receive a free one-year PW Membership. Tickets also include a performance by Ata Kak, DJ sets by Miho Hatori and NAEEM, visual art installations, open bars, late-night bites, and other surprise activations.

This year’s gala After Party theme is psychedelic dream—come through, show out, and support the groundbreaking artists, scientists, and makers that make our work worthwhile. 

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Second Sundays: November 2022

Sunday, November 13, 1–9pm

Second Sundays is our signature event series that engages Pioneer Works disciplines through live music, food, artist’s open studios, and programs.

Join us this November for a day of sensory fueled workshops, new work from Cora Dance, a vibrant evening of live music co-presented with Barbès, plus much more!

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Hyd and umru 

Tuesday, November 15, 7pm

Hyd and umru take the stage at Pioneer Works this November 15.

Hyd—recognizable as the face of QT, the fictional cyborg pop star co-created with legendary producers A. G. Cook and SOPHIE—burst through cracks in the surface of pop music with their self-titled EP in the fall of 2021, marking the emergence of a lifetime of underground materials. Hyd will be joined by rising producer and PC Music labelmate umru, whose work continues to define the cutting edge of pop music.

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Scientific Controversies No. 25: Is Math Invented or Discovered?

Thursday, November 17, 7pm

Join our Director of Sciences Janna Levin as she hosts our guests Rafael Nuñez and Max Tegmark in a conversation to challenge our beliefs on mathematics–discovered or invented–and to question if mathematics does in fact provide a fundamental, beautiful structure to the universe.

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Fennesz & Charles Atlas (Live)

Sunday, November 20, 8pm

For the closing of Charles Atlas's The Mathematics of Consciousness, Christian Fennesz and Charles Atlas will reunite for the first time since 2007 to perform a collaborative live AV set with immersive sound and visuals within Atlas’s exhibition.

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Exhibition

Charles Atlas: The Mathematics of Consciousness

Closing November 20

Charles Atlas: The Mathematics of Consciousness centers on a newly commissioned multimedia installation that takes inspiration from the seminal film and video artist’s ongoing interests in science and math—particularly, memory, thought formation, and numerical expressions.

Combining original footage and segments culled from his extensive archives, the immersive video work extends across 100 feet of the institution’s interior architecture, projecting flickering images throughout its windows that simulate the ways in which ideas appear in the human mind.

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Fabric Making
with Anya Kielar

November 5, 1–5pm

Join exhibiting artist Anya Kielar as she guides participants through her process of fabric making using stencils and hand painting.

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Fabric Making
with Anya Kielar

November 12, 1–5pm

Join exhibiting artist Anya Kielar as she guides participants through her process of fabric making using stencils and hand painting.

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Eyeworks Festival of Experimental Animation

October 15–
November 12 

The Eyeworks Festival is a screening series showcasing outstanding experimental animation of all sorts. This year's festival is presented by Pioneer Works at 2220 Arts in Los Angeles, Block Cinema in Chicago, and Roxy Cinema in New York City.

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Laurie Anderson

November 18, 7pm

Trailblazing creative pioneer Laurie Anderson comes to Pioneer Works this November 18 for a very special solo performance within Charles Atlas’ current exhibition at PW, The Mathematics of Consciousness.

Learning to Listen with Annea Lockwood

by Sam Green

Pioneer Works Broadcast is excited to present exclusive free access, for a limited time, to Sam Green’s short film Annea Lockwood: A Film About Listening, accompanied by an essay by Green on the friendship that inspired his newest film, 32 Sounds.

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Friends of PW

Pioneer Works: Perspectives on a Changing Earth
at MOCA Grand Avenue

PW Founder and President Dustin Yellin and PW Director of Sciences Janna Levin join artist David de Rotschild and moderator Adrianne Ramsey for a discussion on the possibility of building a sustainable and equitable future through culture, activism, and education.

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Ami Dang
at National Sawdust

Vocalist, sitarist, composer and producer Ami Dang stops by National Sawdust for a special record release performance of her new album The Living World’s Demands on 11/10. 

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Hearst Corporation is the Lead Sponsor for the 2022 Pioneer Works Village Fête.

Second Sundays is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

Scientific Controversies is supported by Science Sandbox, a Simons Foundation initiative dedicated to engaging everyone with the process of science.

Fennesz & Charles Atlas is presented in collaboration with Public Records.

Lead funding for Charles Atlas: The Mathematics of Consciousness is provided by Bruce M. Halpryn and Chas Riebe. Commissioning sponsorship is provided by VIA Art Fund, with significant support from the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional support is provided by the Robert Lehman Foundation, and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

Classes at Pioneer Works are made possible by Sandeman Port.

Pioneer Works Broadcast is supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Program in Public Understanding of Science and Technology, bridging the two cultures of science and the arts.